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Sombra–Marine City (Bluewater) Ferry
The Sombra – Marine City (Bluewater) Ferry was a ferry service that crossed the St. Clair River, connecting Sombra, Ontario in Canada on the eastern bank with Marine City, Michigan in the United States on the western bank. Vehicles accessed the ferry from Lambton County Road 33/St. Clair Parkway (a former alignment of Highway 40 (Ontario), Highway 40) in Sombra or from M-29 (Michigan highway), Highway M-29 in Marine City. In Sombra on the Ontario/Canadian side, the dock was on King Street. On the Michigan/American side, the dock was on South Water Street. In July, 2013 the ferry was charging a toll of $7.00 (CAN or US) for an automobile. The first departure from Sombra was 6:40 AM, and from Marine City was 7:00 AM. Ferry vessels The Bluewater Ferry operated two vessels, the ''Daldean of Chatham'' and the ''Ontamich''. The ''Daldean of Chatham'' was larger and could carry 12 car-equivalents or two semi-trailer trucks, while the ''Ontamich'', launched 1939, was capable of ferryin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sombra, Ontario
Sombra is a village situated on the St. Clair River, in southwestern Ontario, Canada within the municipality of St. Clair, Ontario, St. Clair Township. In its early days, the village developed out of local transport and agricultural trade via rail and ship and evolved mainly into a summer resort community, serving seasonal residences and summer cottagers through much of its history. The village is now home to mostly permanent residences and commuters supported by larger cities and towns such as Sarnia, Ontario, Sarnia, Corunna, Ontario, Corunna, and Wallaceburg, Ontario, Wallaceburg. Each year, in July, the town hosts Sombra Days. This community is served by two elementary schools, several churches and a small service industry. The public school is Riverview Central School. In the recent past, Sombra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine City, Michigan
Marine City is a city in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the west bank of the St. Clair River, it is one of the cities in the River District north of Detroit and south of Lake Huron. In the late 19th century, it was a major center of wooden shipbuilding and lumber processing. The population was 4,079 at the 2020 census. The city formerly featured an international auto ferry service, The Bluewater Ferry to Sombra, Ontario, Canada across the river. History The area of Marine City had been Ojibwa territory for centuries before the first European contact. Beginning in the 17th century, French trappers and missionaries entered the territory, followed by settlers in the colonial period on both sides of the Detroit and St. Clair rivers. Farmers developed long, narrow plots that were laid out in the typical rectangular shape of colonial French, with the narrow end along the riverfront. The first Catholic Church was built by French Catholics at Catholic Poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway 40 (Ontario)
King's Highway 40, commonly referred to as Highway 40, is a Ontario Provincial Highway Network, provincially maintained highway in the Southwestern Ontario, southwestern portion of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The route links Chatham, Ontario, Chatham and Sarnia via Wallaceburg, following close to the St. Clair River. The southern terminus is at Highway 401 south of Chatham, while the northern terminus is at Ontario Highway 402, Highway 402 in Sarnia. The portion of Highway 40 between Highway 401 and north of Wallaceburg is within the municipality of Chatham-Kent, while the portion north of there is within Lambton County. Highway 40 was built as a Great Depression, depression-relief project in 1934. The original routing followed what is now the St. Clair Parkway, but was rerouted to create that scenic road in the mid-1970s. The Sarnia Bypass was opened in 1963 as Highway 40A and renumbered as Highway 40 by 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-29 (Michigan Highway)
M-29 is a Michigan Highway System, state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs in a south–north direction from Chesterfield Township, Michigan, Chesterfield Township to Marysville, Michigan, Marysville. It generally runs along the shore of Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The M-29 designation has been used twice in Michigan starting in 1919. The first designation near Lansing, Michigan, Lansing was replaced by U.S. Route 27 in Michigan, U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in 1926. At that time, the M-29 designation was moved to the east side of the state along the current routing and farther north along part of what became U.S. Route 25 in Michigan, US 25 and M-25 (Michigan highway), M-25. The 1933 extension of US 25 replaced the northern section of M-29 leading to the current location of M-29. Route description The route generally follows the eastern border of the state along the northwest shore of Lake Saint Clair (North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 10th-largest state by population, the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. The state capital is Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHOK
CHOK (1070 kHz, "CHOK 103.9 FM & 1070 AM") is a Canadian commercial radio station, licensed to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and owned by Blackburn Radio. The station broadcasts a country music format with local all-news radio, talk radio and sports radio. CHOK also has an FM translator, CHOK-1-FM, broadcasting at 103.9 MHz. The station is the radio home of the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as the Sarnia Sting. During Blue Jays games, CHOK's regular country music programming airs exclusively on the CHOK website. History The station was launched on July 26, 1946, by Sarnia Broadcasting. In 1947, Sarnia Broadcasting Co. was granted a licence to operate an FM station at 97.5 MHz (as CHOK-FM), which left the air sometime between 1948 and 1953, after being damaged from the Sarnia tornado. That station was never rebuilt. It was acquired by IWC Communications, a corporate precursor of Standard Broadcasting, in 1970, and went through a variety of sales to local owners until be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941 by the public broadcaster, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Herald
''The Times Herald'' is a daily newspaper in Port Huron, Michigan. The newspaper, owned by Gannett, is the only daily paper serving St. Clair County, Michigan as well as parts of Sanilac County, Michigan, Sanilac and Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer counties. ''The Times Herald'' history can be dated back to 1869 with the founding of the ''Port Huron Times''. The ''Daily Herald'', another Port Huron newspaper, was founded in 1900. The two merged and began issuing a single issue, the ''Port Huron Times Herald'', on April 4, 1910. The paper was purchased by Gannett in 1970. ''The Times Herald'' was the owner of one of Port Huron's early radio stations. In December 1947, WTTH was launched on AM 1360 and moved to AM 1380 in 1949. The call letters stood for ''The Times Herald''. ''The Times Herald'', like many community newspapers of the era, had to divest the station due to Federal Communications Commission media ownership requirements. ''The Times Herald'' sold the station to Enterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarnia Observer
The ''Observer'' has been serving Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada since 1853 and publishes five times per week, Tuesday through Saturday. The offices of the ''Observer'' are in Sarnia. The paper is printed in London, Ontario, on presses owned by Postmedia, which also publishes the ''London Free Press'' and ''Windsor Star''. See also *List of newspapers in Canada References External links ''Sarnia Observer'' Mass media in Sarnia Postmedia Network publications Daily newspapers published in Ontario Publications established in 1853 1853 establishments in Canada {{Canada-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole–Algonac Ferry
The Walpole–Algonac Ferry serves the city of Algonac, Michigan, and the First Nation reserve of Walpole Island, and (indirectly), Wallaceburg, Ontario, via Highway 40 (Ontario), Highway 40 and Chatham-Kent Road 32. It serves as a border crossing of the Canada–United States border. The Walpole–Algonac Ferry Line has been in operation for over 100 years. Operating out of Walpole Island (Ontario, Canada), the ferry crosses the St. Clair River to Algonac (Michigan, USA) and is the closest route between Detroit and Chatham/Wallaceburg/London/Toronto areas. The two-ferry operation (12 car and 9 car) runs daily, year-round (weather permitting), with a crossing time of approximately seven minutes. External links Ferries of Michigan Ferries of Ontario St. Clair River Transportation in St. Clair County, Michigan Transport in Lambton County Canada–United States border crossings {{Michigan-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferries Of Michigan
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Baltic Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work and such a ferry, modified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
